Michael Kelly

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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books
  • First Book:
    March 2007
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Transformers

Dark of the Moon (Jun-2011)

Book List in Order: 35 titles

  • Scratching the Surface

    Michael Kelly's startling debut collection, featuring tales of dark miracles and terrible wonder, originally published in 2007, is now reissued with a striking new cover and new afterword. In vivid prose, Kelly scratches beneath the surface of the mu...

  • The Cat Chronicles

    Humans have cats living in their home but have little knowledge of what goes on in the cat world. The Cat Chronicles tells the story of one such cat, "Dusty." He finds himself caught up in a desperate struggle to save the cat kingdom and the human wo...

  • Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell -- Lewd Did I Live

    18 Spine Tingling Tales Best Served Chilled...

    This tome includes selections by iconic Canadian dark fantasy and horror writers Nancy Kilpatrick, Claude Lalumière, Brett Alexander Savory, Robert J. Wiersema, Richard Gavin, Barbara Roden,...

  • Dark of the Moon

    Transformers

    The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. Based on the newest Transformers movie, Dark of the Moon, this action-pa...

  • Transformers Dark of the Moon The Junior Novel

    In this fast-paced and engaging junior novelization of Transformers: Dark of The Moon, a long-lost spaceship from Cybertron is discovered on the moon. What secrets does it hold? The race to find out begins when the Decepticons come out of hiding to t...

  • Chilling Tales

    21 New Spine Tingling Tales...Canada's maestro of the macabre, Michael Kelly, brings you CHILLING TALES: In Words, Alas, Drown I, an all new collection of nightmares that will perturb and torment you. Tales that will leave a frisson of fear and raise...

  • The Night Watchman

  • The Circle of Stars

  • The Fairy Who Couldn't Fly



  • The Magic Bracelet

  • Return to Middle Castle

  • Mammoth Books presents Princess of the Night

    Kelly recalls: "The genesis of 'Princess of the Night' is a little murky. It was written for an anthology of Halloween tales. Alas, it didn't make it into the book. The tale then sold to a slick new professional magazine, where it promptly languished...

  • The Right Side of the Dirt

    A retired Psychologist enjoying a contemplative moment on a beautiful spring morning is confronted with memories of past cases of the many clients he had treated throughout his years of practice....

  • Shadows & Tall Trees 5

    The acclaimed literary journal Shadows & Tall Trees has featured authors short-listed for the Man Booker Award, and World Fantasy Award winners. Several of our stories have been reprinted in "Year's Best" anthologies and have garnered numerous award ...

  • In Words, Alas, Drown I

    20 New Spine Tingling Tales...

    Canada's maestro of the macabre, Michael Kelly, bring you Chilling Tales: In Words, Alas, Drown I, an all new collection of nightmares that will perturb and torment you. Tales that will leave a frisson of fe...

  • Servants of the Great One

    If you ever wondered what happens when humans go to sleep and cats are left to their own devices wonder no more! Why, they're out saving the world of course! This is an engaging and entertaining book about the adventures on a house cat Dusty who find...

  • Shadows & Tall Trees

    Shadows & Tall Trees is the flagship publication of Undertow Publications (UP), a small press based near Toronto. In 2010 and 2013 the journal was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Periodical/Magazine. Peter Straub has called Shado...

  • The Train Robber

    TIMOTHY carries a gun that's older than he is. But despite his youth and inexperience, Tim's bravery has earned him the enviable spot as the town deputy. REX is a small-time crook who gets wind of what could be the biggest score of his criminal caree...

  • From Quiet Homes

    From Quiet Homes is an historical novel evocatively grounded in a broad canvas of Australian life from the first to the second world wars. A love story is at its heart but the novel also raises broader issues about the moral dilemmas of war. It tells...



  • Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3

    Showcasing the finest weird fiction from 2015, volume 3 of the Year's Best Weird Fiction is our biggest and most ambitious volume to date.

    Acclaimed editors Simon Strantzas and Michael Kelly bring their keen editorial sensibilities to...

  • Escape Into the Rain

    I will never forget that morning when I woke up from a good night's sleep and I got to thinking about the day when I was to be discharged from the infirmary. I was impatient, wanting to be at home. I heard voices coming from the corridor at the en...

  • The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man is a partially fictionalized memoir of the life of the author’s grandfather, Anthony Ward, the quiet man of the title. The narrative moves back and forth from Tony’s boyhood days on the family croft in rural Donegal, Ireland, to his...

  • Coal's Revenge

    Coal is once again unleashed in part 2 of Dusty's story. This is the continuation of servants of the Great One, and Coal the evil Panther is once again unleashed on humanity. Can Dusty stop Coal and save the humans once and for all? Hang on, you're i...

  • All the Things We Never See

    Distilled through the occluded lens of weird fiction, Michael Kelly’s third collection of strange tales is a timely and cogent examination of grief, love, identity, abandonment, homelessness, and illness. All cut through with a curious, quiet me...

  • #LifeThoughts

    If you're thinking what I'm thinking then you should probably get professional help.3 out of 4 voices in my head want me to go to sleep. The 4th wants to know if penguins have knees.My mind isn't twisted. It's just strategically bent in certain place...

  • Weird Horror #3

    Weird Horror edited by Michael Kelly is a new, very promising twice-yearly horror magazine featuring fiction, articles, and reviews. The fiction in the first issue is excellent and I look forward to more.- Ellen Datlow, editor of The Best Horror of t...

  • Weird Horror #4

    New and startling original horror fiction from Derrick Boden, Armel Dagorn, Sarina Dorie, Daniel David Froid, J.F. Gleeson, Andrew Humphrey, Annika Barranti Klein, Linda Niehoff, Ashley Stokes, and Steve Rasnic Tem.Plus opinion, reviews, and commenta...

  • Weird Horror #5

    Startling and provocative new horror fiction from Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, J.T. Bundy, Zachariah Claypole White, William Curnow, Brian Evenson, Dan Howarth, Kirstyn McDermott, Richard Strachan, Megan Taylor, and Charlotte Turnbull.Plus opinion, reviews, ...

  • Weird Horror #6

    Startling and provocative new horror fiction from: Rory SayE.M. LindenAlexander GlassBarbara A. BarnettSteve Rasnic TemNeil WilliamsonTim CookeNelly Geraldine García-RosasAlexander JamesEsmée de HeerStephanie FeldmanEliane BoeySpencer Harri...



  • Weird Horror #7

    Strange and startling new fiction from Stuart Arthur, Kay Chronister, Thomas Ha, Annika Barranti Klein, Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Thersa Matsuura, Spencer Nitkey, Matthew Olivas, Josh Pearce, M. Rickert, and Kristiana Willsey.Plus opinion, reviews, and co...

  • Weird Horror #8

    Strange and new fiction from Elin Olausson, Jess Koch, Alison Moore, David Ebenbach, John Patrick Higgins, Jack Klausner, Gary McMahon, Jacob Steven Mohr, Aimee Ogden, Perry Ruhland, and RJ Taylor.Plus opinion, reviews, and commentary from Simon Stra...

  • Northern Nights

    Something stirs in the boundless dark of the Canadian north. Listen. Can you hear it?Northern Nights is an anthology of strange stories, featuring the dark dreams and feverish imaginations of Canada's finest speculative authors. Steel yourself for a ...

  • The Dark Issue 87

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    Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories: Swim the Darkness by Michael KellyShape-shifter by Frances O...

  • Weird Horror #1

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    Welcome to the new pulp! Weird Horror magazine is a new venue for fiction, articles, reviews, illustration, and commentary. This is the magazine of weird tales that you've been craving. A modern, inclusive, diverse array of pulp fiction and commentar...

  • Weird Horror #2

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    Weird Horror edited by Michael Kelly is a new, very promising twice-yearly horror magazine featuring fiction, articles, and reviews. The fiction in the first issue is excellent and I look forward to more.Ellen Datlow, editor of The Best Horror of the...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael Kelly has published 35 books.

The next book by Michael Kelly, Northern Nights, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by Michael Kelly, Scratching the Surface, was published in March 2007.

No. Michael Kelly does not write books in series.
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